Product Description: What sets Dean Olson’s new book of poems, When I Reach You, apart from Olson’s earlier books is the predominate focus on love as a measure of life’s vitality and as an agent of life’s changes. We find here a few nostalgic expressions of love for parents and friends, and fond memories of his rural youth; but the poet returns again and again in this book to the theme of love in relationship, in being coupled in life’s great adventure of change...read more

Product Description: These poems deal with familiar themes for fans of Olson’s work: boating and the sea, weather and the seasons, aging and mortality, love and gratitude, love and loss, and family. The poet makes us aware of the process of change, as autumn dies into winter and spring brings rebirth...read more

Product Description: This book offers the perceptions and feelings of a poet who's seventy-four years old, an age he calls "the dark side of seventy, on the slope side to nothing.” It is "a realm of shifting tenses,” made rich by a lifetime of memories, especially memories of hard work and romance; a present to endure and enjoy, thanks to a girlfriend, walks by the harbor, writing poetry, and red wine; and the future to accept...read more

Product Description: The term "crossing” is used here to imply passage, and the passages these poems describe are many. The poems are full of the passage of time, from the past to the present and into the future. Of course that means the passage of personal time, from childhood to adult life and into old age, with the great other passage to look forward to...read more